ANGELICA'S BOOKS: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

 

To Kill a Mockingbird is a bildungsroman and crime novel written by Harper Lee and published in 1960, which in the same year the Pulitzer Prize.

The protagonist and the narrator of this book is Jean Louise Finch, a child nicknamed Scout. She and her brother Jem, orphans of their mother, live in Maycomb (in Alabama) with a dark-skinned governess, Calpurnia, and their father, the lawyer Atticus Finch.  

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE: 6 FACTS ABOUT MY FAVOURITE BOOK

Hello guys! In today’s post I’m going to talk about my favourite book ever: “The catcher in the rye”, written by J. D. Salinger. I’ve heard lots of opposing opinions on the book: there are the ones who love both the novel and its protagonist, Holden, and the ones who don’t.

 But I’m not here to discuss that, I’m here to talk about a few very interesting facts about the book, its protagonist and its author.

It isn’t an ordinary book because behind its story there’s a lot to know!

But,  first of all,  let me give you a brief summary of the story: Holden Caulfield, a sixteen- year-old guy, is the protagonist of the book. He’s grown up in a false society, full of corruption, conformism and “phonies”, that’s the way he calls hypocritical people. After being expelled from yet another school, he gets even more disappointed and frustrated by the world and by people: the only person he loves is his little sister, Phoebe.

READING THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Eugenio: Holden, rebellious but highly sensitive

Holden Caufield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, is well-known for his rebellious attitude. After reading the excerpt from the 1951 novel, The Phoniness of the World, the reader can understand the sixteen-year-old boy’s spirit: although he embodies the typical teenage behaviour, he is highly sensitive.